liia collections have not yet arrived. It costs mill ion 8 in 
kronaa for the carriage, more than hi a whole 5 yeaara in China 
oo st Ma« Ho know Moyor and PJtck. I asked if we could git a 
set of his grasses. 2wo seta are -pro»iao4. It was an inter- 
institution expedition, I Judge , like your British Guiana 
ana, .Sxtra mat ©rial thoy will he glad to sell to help pay 
for shipping the ooll act ions. —-.--Tomorrow night I as to 
hare dinner with the 2ahlbrueknerss. I am eating hreakfast. 
frau Schneider advised me to get a pair of the his woollen 
shoes Wieners wear {she shuffles araund in then most of the 
time.) It is so terribly ooia at the herbaritw. She 1b going 
with £0 this naming on the way down to fat the* . I m cough- 
ing and hoarse and she coildn't he nicer to m if she were my 
daughter. She hr ought xie hot water to soak ay feet and offered 
»a r*E — not that daughter, if I had ©he, would ever do that. 
It is snowing— this climate is vary like Chicago. I delivered 
two of Dr. Smith's gifts. Poor Br. Lafar, shakey and f eehla , 
almost broke down wh«n he saw it was a $20 hill. "Te said it 
was a fortune. He looked as if he needed it, poor snan. I have 
to clonch my teeth. I have been doing that ever since the war 
started, I feel if I ever let go and oried I*d never stop. But 
the learned speeches of the little children and the gratitude 
for a little help ana understanding nearly hreaks me all up, 
— April 1,-1 spent two days on PespaliaiB and got several 
of St**' 8 as well as Hackel ! s. Mess had all Panieeae fro® Wlen 
hut it was he for® they had Hackel, Thank heaven— Gott sei 
dank, I mean, he did not have the Hackel fras os. Host of the 
Hackel types of ^aepaltan are a»ple enough to spare an entire 
plant. I lid a hig surprise to find ay Pasp. p;Ti ferae ined. 
(affine hiforme) is Srioehlon castanea Hack. I don't sea how 
